The ministry of agriculture has decided to promote use of organic fertiliser in the country by including it in various central schemes meant for use of fertiliser in the agricultural sector.
It is a big boost for th
e sector which till date is sidelined due to the policy of the government to subsidies use of chemical fertiliser under the fertiliser subsidy scheme.
Various programmes chosen to include organic fertiliser are National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) and Network Project on Organic Farming under Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR).
According to officials, the promotion also includes financial assistance. For example under Soil Health Management (SHM) component of NMSA, financial assistance up 33% of financial outlay, subject to a maximum ceiling of Rs 63.00 lakhs for establishment of agro/vegetable waste compost production units, and 25% of financial outlay subject to a maximum ceiling of Rs 40.00 lakh for biofertiliser production units, is provided as back-ended subsidy through NABARD.
Besides, NABARD also provides financial assistance up to 50% of cost subject to a limit of Rs 5, 000 per hectare and Rs 10,000 per beneficiary is provided for promotion of organic inputs including organic fertilizers. Organic farming/products are becoming necessary to control ecosystem health and to impart related human health benefits, they added, world over there is growing demand for organic produce.
Already such assistance has been provided for 42 biofertiliser production units and 16 agro/vegetable waste compost production units under the scheme. Among the states, Maharashtra tops in the production of biofertiliser production, while state of Rajasthan , Punjab and Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are leading in vermiculture hatcheries.
There are various types of organic manures - phosphocompost, vermin compost, bio-enriched compost, municipal solid waste compost etc. from various organic wastes. Improved and efficient strains of biofertilizers specific to different crops and soil types are being developed under Network Project on Soil Biodiversity – Biofertilizers being operated in 14 different States. Liquid biofertilizer technology with high shelf life has also been developed.
Prior to this, without focused intervention, the government has been fuelling the use of organic fertilizers through the concept of the integrated nutrient supply system (INSS). This was done through combined use of mineral fertilisers, organic manures and biofertilisers.
However, the adoption of INSS was constrained due to increasing trend to use cow manure as a source of fuel in rural areas, increasing use of crop residues as animal feed, extra cost and time required to grow green-manure crops, handling problems with bulky organic manures, problems in timely preparation of the field when agricultural waste and green manure have to be incorporated and their decomposition awaited.
Source: http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/agriculture-ministry-boost-to-organic-fertilisers-114120900833_1.html
It is a big boost for th
e sector which till date is sidelined due to the policy of the government to subsidies use of chemical fertiliser under the fertiliser subsidy scheme.Various programmes chosen to include organic fertiliser are National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) and Network Project on Organic Farming under Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR).
According to officials, the promotion also includes financial assistance. For example under Soil Health Management (SHM) component of NMSA, financial assistance up 33% of financial outlay, subject to a maximum ceiling of Rs 63.00 lakhs for establishment of agro/vegetable waste compost production units, and 25% of financial outlay subject to a maximum ceiling of Rs 40.00 lakh for biofertiliser production units, is provided as back-ended subsidy through NABARD.
Besides, NABARD also provides financial assistance up to 50% of cost subject to a limit of Rs 5, 000 per hectare and Rs 10,000 per beneficiary is provided for promotion of organic inputs including organic fertilizers. Organic farming/products are becoming necessary to control ecosystem health and to impart related human health benefits, they added, world over there is growing demand for organic produce.
Already such assistance has been provided for 42 biofertiliser production units and 16 agro/vegetable waste compost production units under the scheme. Among the states, Maharashtra tops in the production of biofertiliser production, while state of Rajasthan , Punjab and Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are leading in vermiculture hatcheries.
There are various types of organic manures - phosphocompost, vermin compost, bio-enriched compost, municipal solid waste compost etc. from various organic wastes. Improved and efficient strains of biofertilizers specific to different crops and soil types are being developed under Network Project on Soil Biodiversity – Biofertilizers being operated in 14 different States. Liquid biofertilizer technology with high shelf life has also been developed.
Prior to this, without focused intervention, the government has been fuelling the use of organic fertilizers through the concept of the integrated nutrient supply system (INSS). This was done through combined use of mineral fertilisers, organic manures and biofertilisers.
However, the adoption of INSS was constrained due to increasing trend to use cow manure as a source of fuel in rural areas, increasing use of crop residues as animal feed, extra cost and time required to grow green-manure crops, handling problems with bulky organic manures, problems in timely preparation of the field when agricultural waste and green manure have to be incorporated and their decomposition awaited.
Source: http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/agriculture-ministry-boost-to-organic-fertilisers-114120900833_1.html
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